Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill [AS AMENDED AT STAGE 2] CONTENTS Section RT 1 P A T HE C ODE AND THE ADJUDICATOR 1 Scottish Pubs Code 2 Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator 3 Duty to act consistently with regulatory principles 4 Scottish Ministers’ duty to seek to make code and appoint adjudicator 5 Review of the code and adjudicator’s performance 6 Ministerial guidance to the adjudicator P ART 2 G IVING EFFECT TO THE CODE Agreements that are inconsistent with the code of contract terms 7 Unenforceability Investigation by the adjudicator to investigate 8 Power 9 Enforcement action 10 Financial penalties under section 9 11 Investigation report 12 Recovery of investigation costs 13 Investigation policy Arbitration 14 Adjudicator’s duty to arbitrate or appoint arbitrator 15 Submission of dispute to adjudicator 16 Fees and expenses payable by pub-owning business 17 Fees and expenses payable by tied-pub tenant 18 Information about arbitration Avoidance 19 Reports on avoidance SP Bill 62A 5 (2021) Session ii Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill P ART 3 I NTERPRETATION 20 Tied pub 21 Pub-owning business and tied-pub tenant 22 Other expressions...